2008 Year in Pictures(2009 Contest)

Results of the 74th Annual Photography & Multimedia Contest, 2008 Year in Pictures and Multimedia Contest, judged in 2009. The Best in Show and Portfolio will be announced at the NYPPA Gallery opening in May. These winning photos and Multimedia winning videos will be on display at the NYPPA Gallery opening. - Multimedia results | Student results | Meet The Judges

2009 Contest Judges

Joe Elbert Gail Fisher George Tiedemann

Joe Elbert, Assistant Managing Editor of Photography for The Washington Post newspaper. Under his direction The Washington Post photography staff won more awards than any other newspaper in the history of journalism.

Those awards included 4 Pulitzer Prizes, 2 Best World Picture of the Year awards from the World Press Photo organization, 6 Photographer of the Year awards from the National Press Photographers Association and 17 White House Press Photographers' Association Photographer of the Year awards.

In 1995 Elbert was named Editor of the Year by the National Press Photographers Association and in 2003 he received the Joseph A. Sprague award, the highest award given by the National Press Photographers.

Gail Fisher, senior editor, photography, for National Geographic, recently made the move from the world of newspapers to magazines. Formerly senior photo editor of projects for the Los Angeles Times, she covered social issues during the course of her career throughout the world. She has traveled extensively throughout Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and South and Central America. Her editing skills and photography have been recognized internationally with numerous awards, judging, teaching and speaking engagements. In 2006, she was awarded Best of Photojournalism Picture Editor of the Year; in 2005, runner-up. In 2006 the Altered Oceans series was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Journalism; Fisher was the photo editor.

George Tiedemann, Sports Illustrated staff photographer for 20 years. He called himself a “utility infielder,” because he had the ability to cover anything and everything, from outrigger canoe races to the Little League World Series. If he had to photograph an event that he was unfamiliar with, Tiedemann would do research and show up early to ask plenty of questions. In addition to Sports Illustrated, his work has also appeared in Time, Newsweek, Life and People.